#A48857#A48857

#A48857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.074 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A48857
RGB	rgb(164, 136, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, 3.99, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 30.48, 82.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.0119 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.074 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8352, 26.1902, 12.7094)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A48857 #5773A4

analogous

#A46257 #A48857 #9AA457

triadic

#A48857 #57A488 #8857A4

tetradic

#A48857 #57A462 #5773A4 #A4579A

square

#A48857 #57A462 #5773A4 #A4579A

split-complementary

#A48857 #579AA4 #6257A4

monochromatic

#54462D #7C6742 #A48857 #BAA47E #D0C0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A48857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A48857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A48857

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A48857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A48857	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a48857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 136, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.074 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aa87',
    500: '#a48857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a48857;
$custom-light: #c1aa87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a48857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64132,
    "c": 0.07445,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A48857

secondary

#99A7BD

accent

#86C761

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A48857

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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